Improvement in fountain-pens



H. N. HAMILTON.

FOUNTAIN-PEN. No. 190,755. Patenterl MaylS, 1877..

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY N. HAMILTON, OF WHITE PLAINS, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN FOUNTAIN-FEMS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. l90,755, dated May 15, 1877; application filed April 9, 1877.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY N. HAMILTON, of White Plains, in the county of Westchester and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Fountain- Pen, of which the following is a specification:

Figure 1 is a longitudinal section of my improved fountain-pen. Fig. 2 is a view of the under side of the same. Fig. 3 is a detail longitudinal section of a cap for the pen.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The object of this invention is to furnish an improved fountain-pen, which shall be so constructed that it may receive and hold enough ink to write one or more pages of manuscript,

which may be adjusted to let down the inkmore or less freely, and which may be carried in the pocket, if desired.

The invention will first be described in connection with the drawing, and then pointed out in the claim. A represents an ordinary holder, in which an ordinary pen, B, is secured in the usual way, and in the upper end of which is inserted a handle, 0. D is a tongue, which is made of such a size as to lie in the concavity of the pen B. The tongue D is finely perforated, and its forward end is made pointed, and is curved inward and forward, so as to be in contact with, or close to, the'inner surface of the pen B.

Upon the upper or rear end of the tongue D is formed a stem, which extends rearward, and is bent downward and rearward, so that its rear end may lie along the inner surface of the lower part of the holder A.

To the rear end of the stem of the tongue D are attached two pins, E, which pass out through a longitudinal slot in the lower side of the holder A, and are secured to a band, F, placed upon the said holder A, so that by sliding the band F upon the said holder A the tongue D may be adjusted as required.

G is a tubular cap, of such a length and size that it may be passed over the pen B, and may fit upon the lower part of the holder A, so as to protect the pen when carried in the pocket. When the pen is to be carried in the pocket the handle 0 is detached and should it be necessary to use the pen when a handle, 0, is not conveniently accessible, the cap G may be removed from the forward end of the holder A and placed upon the rear end of said holder, to serve as a handle.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The adjustable perforated tongue D, having its front end pointed and curved inwardly and its stem bent outwardly, in combination with the sliding ring F and stationary pen B, as shown and described.

H. N. HAMILTON.

Witnesses:

JAMES HORTON, Tnos. H. SMITH. 

